...is a little bit different. First of all Rwandan Christians typically don't drink at all...anything alcoholic that is. (Thankfully my ex-pat friends do.) While beer is locally brewed (see the Primus and Mutzig bottles) wine is imported and therefore not-so-refined (i.e. bad, cheap) wine is really expensive here. Quality wine is a rare pleasure.
"Fountain Sodas", particularly "Coke" and "Fanta", are as cheap and, in many cases, cheaper than water. It is often safer too, if you are a guest in someones home. People open the drink they are serving in front of you. Then, if you visit a home, they give you a straw to sip out of the soda bottle. In a nice restaurant, you will be given a glass. Everything is bottled in glass. Glasses are kept. When you have a crate full of empty bottles, you take your crate of empty bottles to your particular soda vendor. It's really the best form of recycling. So much less waste.
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